The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - Employee compensation is a significant portion of state operation expenditures. In some departments, more than 80  percent of state operation expenditures are for state employee salaries and benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations [Publication Details]

May 21, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations [Publication Details] The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations Format: HTML Description: The Governor’s May Revision proposes to (1) administratively establish a new ongoing unallocated 7.95 percent reduction to state operation expenditures and (2) make the 2024-25 unallocated reduction to state
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4903

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - First, there is no funding set aside at May Revision for said augmentation, which means any additional funding would require higher-than-projected revenues or lower-than-projected expenditures to materialize in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Cannabis Control—Legal and Administrative Hearing Costs

Mar 4, 2024 - Proposed DOJ and OAH Funding Significantly Higher Than Past Expenditures . As shown in Figure  1, the Governor ’s proposal for DOJ and OAH costs is significantly higher than DCC ’s expenditures on these services in 2021-22 and 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4869

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - CPUC proposes to increase its CASF local assistance expenditure authority from the current $72.6 million to $136.2 million in 2024‑25 and ongoing. An additional $13.8 million in CASF expenditure authority is requested primarily to cover state operations costs, for a total expenditure authority request of $150 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Larger Metro Regions Received More PPP ‑Related Tax Relief and State Grants. We  also examined how PPP eligible for state tax relief and SBCRG were distributed across metro area. As Figure 6 shows, per business in the area, larger metro regions tended to receive more in both types of assistance, most notably, Los Angeles, San  Francisco, and San Jose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824